In the early 2010s as Chief Keef, Lil Durk, and Lil Reese were becoming the de facto faces of drill music, an adjacent movement was brewing on the Southeast side of Chicago in the historic ...

The slain drill rapper is immortalized in a mural on a corner store. With a baseball cap turned backward, the painting depicts King Von wearing a silver chain that says “O Block,” a faction of the ...

After a nearly 15-year run, it might be time to get some R.I.P. t-shirts printed up for drill music. And the arrest of Lil Durk, inarguably one of the biggest artists in the subgenre, might be the ...

Fast forward to 2013, and Kanye’s support of Chicago’s drill music is his most purposeful involvement in the city’s rap scene for years. After initially remixing Chief Keef’s regional-turned-global ...

Star Bandz, a 17-year-old drill rapper from the south suburbs, performed on the BMI stage Friday evening for her first set at Lollapalooza. She opened with “End of Beginning” by Djo, who was ...